This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

how can i transfer web page to desk top icon

  • 2 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 4 views
  • Last reply by cor-el

paul1934
paul1934
more options

unable to set a web page on my desk top so i can pull up

unable to set a web page on my desk top so i can pull up

All Replies (2)

CoryMH
CoryMH
more options

Hello,

  1. You can click and drag the site identity button (padlock or globe icon to the left of the web link on your address bar) to your desktop.
  2. Another way is to copy the web address, right click on your desktop and select New > Shortcut, and paste the web address in the box for the "location of the item".
  3. A third way is to create another Firefox/Internet Explorer/Chrome/etc shortcut on your desktop, right click the shortcut and select properties. Under the Shortcut tab, paste the web address after the ".exe" part of the target line.

Modified by CoryMH

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

The latter (creating a copy of the Firefox desktop shortcut and appending the URL to the target line) will insure that you use Firefox to open such a desktop shortcut. A regular internet shortcut will open the default browser.